More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4301
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Future of ITV - Making plans for Nigel.
ITV has already made a strong start to 2003, scoring some major ratings successes. With Nigel Pickard taking up the reins as programme director, John Plunkett asks senior industry figures if he can make the network sparkle again.
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Trade talk - Kidding around.
New CBBC controller Dorothy Prior was behind the BBC's digital kids channels, but does she have the vision to take over from Nigel Pickard?
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In my view - On how the Communications Bill's changes to indie status could let down our local heroes.
Remember the 1983 David Puttnam film, Local Hero? It told the story of a rapacious Texas
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - AVID COMMITS TO SHOW.
After not exhibiting at any major trade shows last year and instead holding a series of
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BARAKA ADDS TO OFFLINE.
Baraka has increased its offline business since incorporating Ruthless Editing and has bought two more Avid
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Technology & facilities - BBC goes to Belgian firm for high-def truck.
BBC Outside Broadcast has come to an unofficial preferred supplier agreement with Belgian outside broadcast (OB) company Alfacam for the supply of a high definition (HD) truck, writes Will Strauss.
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Technology & facilities - Rushes buys two Shakes.
Soho visual effects house Rushes has bought two new Shake licences after winning a graphics commission from the BBC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Technology & facilities - TV director warns of death risk to crews.
The head of one of the UK's leading directors agencies has warned indie producers that a fatal accident on a DV (digital video) shoot is a real possibility if they continue to fail to comply fully with health and safety regulations, writes Will Strauss.
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REVIVING CARY'S CELLULOID CHARM.
Metro Broadcast has invested a further #500,000 in video restoration equipment, buying a second Archangel restoration
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PROGRAMMING - DOM JOLY WINS QUICK BBC3 RECOMMISSION.
Comedian Dom Joly's new studio-based chat show for BBC3 has been commissioned for a second, longer
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PROGRAMMING - BIG BEAR TO MAKE FOURTH MY HERO FOR BBC1.
Big Bear Films is producing a fourth series of Ardal O'Hanlon's BBC1 sitcom, My Hero. The
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PROGRAMMING - GRANADA BRINGS SOPRANOS STYLE TO LONDON.
Granada has started production on Family, a six-part gangster series for ITV1 starring Martin Kemp. The
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PROGRAMMING - VH1 LAUNCHES QUEST TO FIND UK'S TOP DIVAS.
VH1 has started production on a new talent series, Dare to Diva, which aims to find
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Programming - Imago spotlights adultery for ITV1.
ITV1 has commissioned Norwich-based indie Imago to produce a series delving into the world of adulterous man's 'other woman', writes Paul Revoir.
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PROGRAMMING - BBC TO TELL SECRETS OF EDWARD VIII ROMANCE.
The BBC is set to dramatise the romance between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII in a
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PROGRAMMING - FIVE BUYS WOBBLY CARTOON CLASSIC FOR SHAKE.
Five has bought the rights to children's animated classic Roobarb and Custard. The 30 x 5-minute
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PROGRAMMING - BBC1'S MERSEYBEAT MOVES TO CITY CENTRE.
BBC1 police drama Merseybeat will be relocated to Liverpool city centre for its fourth series in
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Programming - Auf Wiedersehen heads for Cuba.
BBC1 drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - which picked up ratings of more than 12 million when it was revived last year - is to return for another series, this time set in Cuba, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Programming - Zeal to make 65-part ITV reality show.
Zeal TV has secured one of the biggest ever indie orders for a daytime ITV show with its 65-part reality gameshow, Under Construction, writes John Plunkett.
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Programming - Scream bags Living chat slot.
Living TV is to double its original programming output with its biggest ever commission - Loose